Hay-rack bracket.



A. L. LUCAS. HAY RAUK BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.26, 1907.

Patented M312, 1909.

witumco UNITED ARTHUR L. LUCAS, OF SLATER, MISSOURI.

HAY-RACK BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Application filed December 26, 1907 Serial No. 408,097.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L.LUOAS, citizen of the United States, residing at Slater, in the county of Saline and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Rack Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction of brackets of that type which are designed to be applied to a wagon box for the purpose of extending the sides thereof upwardly and outwardl The primary object of the invention is to provide a strong and durable bracket which can be quickly and easily applied to the vehicle box or removed therefrom as may be found desirable.

The invention further contemplates novel means forconnecting corresponding brackets upon opposite sides of the wagon so as to relieve the sides thereof from strain when the wa on is heavily loaded.

or a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for efiecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wagon body having the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the brackets, portions being broken away.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in allthe views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The invention comprises essentially an approximately triangular bracket adapted to be detachably applied to the side of a wagon box and formed with a clamping arm designed to fit over the u per edge of one of the sides of the wagon body.

The bracket proper is constituted by a pair of limbs 1 and 2 disposed at an obtuse angle to each other and connected by a diagonal brace 3, the lower limb 2 normally assuming a vertical position and fitting against the outer face of the wagon side while the upper limb 1 extends outwardly and upwardly from the upper edge of the wagon side. For the purpose of holding this bracket in position a clamping arm 4 is utilized, the said clamping arm being arranged parallel to the lower limb 2 and being designed to fit over the edge of the wagon side.

Should the wagon be heavily loaded it is contemplated to relieve the sides from strain by connecting corresponding brackets upon opposite sides of the wagon by means of a tie member, and for this brackets is provided wit 1 a vertical web portion at the junction of the clam ing arm 4 and the limbs l and 2, the said web extending for a short distance along the upper limb l. The vertical web ortion 5 upon each of the brackets is formed with a plurality of openings or perforations 6 any selected one of which is designed to engage a rin 7, the said ring having a chain 8 connected thereto. The chains from correspondin brackets upon oposite sides of the vehicle ody constitute the efore mentioned tie member, and the free end of one of the said chains carries a hook 9 for engaging the opposite chain. It will be readily apparent tiat this construction admits of varying the effective length of the tie member as may be required for wagon boxes of different widths.

As shown in the present instance each of the limbs l and 2 of the bracket and the clamping arm 4 has a T section and comprises a lateral flange A reinforced by a stiffening rib B. It will also be observed that the vertical web 5 constitutes an extension of the stiffening rib B of the clamping arm, such a construction admitting of the production of a rigid bracket with the use of a minimum amount of material. The upper limbs 1 of the brackets are desi nod to receive the usual boards or slats an are formed with the perforated cars 10 through which the fastening members extend by means of which the slats are secured in position. These slats may be either spaced as in an ordinary hay rack, or may be placed close together and the wagon utilized for hauling corn, coal and the like.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A bracket of the character described, comprising members 1 and 2 arranged relatively at an obtuse angle, a brace 3 connecting said members, a clamping arm springing from said members at the angle and extending urpose each of theparallel With the member 2, and a Web B In testimony whereof I affix my signature extending along the outer side of the clampin presence of two Witnesses.

a I, mg arm, QIldFPIOVI LiBd at its uppe1 end with ARTHUR L LUCAS [L an extenslon a passing over the clamping arm and along the member 1 for a short distance, Witnesses:

the upper portion of said extension 5 having L. H. GILLIAM,

a series of openings. JOHN A. R1011. 

